Stirling Middle Junction: A4 60010 Dominion of Canada is about to pass Stirling South shed on 23 November 1963 shortly after restarting the 7.10am Aberdeen - Glasgow Buchanan Street. Stirling Middle box can be seen through the signal gantry.

Plates, signs, notices etc: Track feature ID plate.

Plates, signs, notices etc: Track feature ID plate, re-painted.

Wisbech: The 7-car DMU forming the Hertfordshire Railtours 'Anglian Vibrator' pauses at Wisbech Goods during its outing from Kings Cross on 23 November 1985.

Wisbech: The Hertfordshire Railtours 'Anglian Vibrator' of 23 November 1985. The 7-car DMU, which had originated from Kings Cross, is seen here during a photostop at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

March: The Hertfordshire Railtours 'Anglian Vibrator' from Kings Cross stands alongside the old joint line platforms at March station on 23 November 1985.

Wisbech: The 7-car Hertfordshire Railtours 'Anglian Vibrator' pauses at Wisbech on 23 November 1985.

Wakefield Westgate: Then newly in service West Yorkshire PTE 4-car EMU 321901, one of three class 321s procured by the PTE at that time to replace life expired ex-Great Eastern Line Class 307 stop-gap units on the Doncaster to Leeds local services. The unit is seen at Wakefield Westgate heading for Leeds on 23 November 1991. See image [[31593]]

Wakefield Westgate: 47500 attached to the rear of a Kings Cross - Leeds class 91 hauled service prepares to leave Wakefield Westgate in November 1991 as a young assistant struggles valiantly with the photographic equipment. The train is about to depart on the final leg of its journey to Leeds via Normanton.

Loch Skerrow: Down platform at Loch Skerrow halt.

Dingwall: Dingwall Station frontage in November 2003.

Beauly: A Kyle of Lochalsh - Inverness train leaving Beauly in 2003, showing part of the original station building on the left.

Dingwall: Trains crossing at Dingwall station in November 2003.

Beauly: The northern approach to Beauly on a chilly morning in the Autumn of 2003, with a 158 off the Kyle line slowing to call at the station.

Muir of Ord: On a bright autumn morning in November 2003 a Wick/Thurso service pulls into Muir of Ord station. The shed used when the line was cut at Inverness following the bridge collapse is in the left background (see image [[16138]]) and the abandoned east side platform, used at one time by Fortrose branch trains, is nearest the camera.

Conon Bridge Viaduct: The early morning train for Inverness off the Far North Line crossing the river at Conon Bridge on 23 November 2003 on the way to its next stop at Muir of Ord.

Dingwall: A chilly Dingwall station looking south on a November morning in 2003. The area beyond the abandoned platform (left) on the east side of the station is in danger of becoming a rubbish dump.

Muir of Ord: Morning train from Kyle to Inverness arriving at Muir of Ord in November 2003.

Beauly: Supervision of passengers leaving via the designated door of an Inverness - Wick service during the stop at the Beauly mini-platform in November 2003.

Millerhill Yard: EWS 60029 Clitheroe Castle entering Millerhill Yard from the north in November 2004 with empties returning from STVA Bathgate see image [[18357]]. The train is passing a class 66 heading in the opposite direction with coal empties. The line visible top left is the reversing siding used by trains terminating at nearby Newcraighall station.

Tinsley Marshalling Yard: The pathetic remains of the once mighty Tinsley Marshalling Yard.

Tinsley Marshalling Yard: The southern portion of Tinsley Marshalling Yard. Lines here have now been lifted.

Tinsley Marshalling Yard: The northern portion of Tinsley Marshalling Yard remained open in 2004. It has since been rationalised to a few relaid sidings on the extreme north of the site.

Newcraighall: EWS 60029 Clitheroe Castle has just passed Newcraighall station on 23 November 2004 with a short train of empties from the STVA car terminal at Bathgate returning to Washwood Heath.

Larkhall: OHL engineering test train at Larkhall in November 2005 with Class 37 leading with Class 31 at rear.

Edinburgh Park: The new stained glass window recently unveiled at Edinburgh Park station seen from the Eastbound platform. See image [[12444]]

Edinburgh Park: This stunning stained glass window, created by Japanese artist Yoshiro Oyama, now brightens the waiting area at Edinburgh Park station - see recent News Items.

Leuchars: The 12.25 Aberdeen - Edinburgh service approaching Leuchars on 23 November.

Solothurn: Swiss Re 6/6 loco on a tank train at Solothurn.

Crawford: Another of my attempts to get completely soaked in under 30 seconds (successful, again). A southbound Pendolino approaches Crawford Viaduct from the north in bucketing rain. Due to the very heavy rain the nearby single track road was flooded.

Abington: In increasing evening gloom a southbound Voyager (right) approaches a somewhat wet Abington from the north.

Plates, signs, notices etc: New East Coast branding on power car 91108, photographed on 23 November 2009.

Shildon: Shildon signal box, seen from the NRM site in November 2010.

Shildon Coal Drops: Dating from 1856, the Victorian coal drops at Shildon are now listed structures included within the grounds of the railway museum. View east towards Spout Lane road bridge and the main exhibition hall on 23 November, 2010, with maintenance work in progress around the foot crossing linking the museum site with Shildon station.

NRM Shildon: Footplate of 4468 Mallard at NRM Shildon, November 2010.

NRM Shildon: Star attraction at Shildon on 23 November 2010 is no 4468 Mallard, seen here in the main exhibition hall. The record-breaker arrived on loan from York NRM in June (having made the journey behind A1 Pacific no 60163 Tornado).

NRM Shildon: The old goods shed at Shildon, seen here in November 2010. Dating from 1859 the shed was in use until the 1960s when Shildon lost its goods facilities. Today the refurbished building is part of the railway museum site. Note the adjacent stop used by the museums free bus service.

NRM Shildon: BR class 03 Drewry diesel-mehanical shunter no 03090, now part of the national collection, stands in the yard at NRM Shildon on 23 November 2010.

NRM Shildon: A Saltburn - Bishop Auckland train runs past the NRM main exhibition hall at Shildon on 23 November 2010 heading for its next stop just beyond Spout Lane road bridge see image [[61690]]. Photograph taken looking west from the 'excursion' platform located within the grounds of the museum.

NRM Shildon: The 14.00 Northern DMU from Saltburn to Bishop Auckland slows for the Shildon stop on 23 November 2010. On this side of the fence is the NRM site with the north wall of the main exhibition hall to the right. The view is east from the end of the 'excursion platform' located within the site and shows one of the coal wagons for which Shildon works became famous during its later years (over 10,000 HAA wagons were built there - almost the whole fleet).

Wakefield Westgate: Late 2010 view across the former goods yard site at Wakefield Westgate station. The open area in this view would later be used for a replacement station main building. See image [[45751]]. A new joint use multi storey car park can be seen under erection at extreme left of view. See image [[33645]] for a view from twenty years earlier.

NRM Shildon: A notice that seems to work. Looking west from the entrance to the main exhibition hall at Shildon in November 2010. The locomotive is Class 600 diesel electric no 663 'Annette', originally built for the Dutch State Railways by English Electric and now used as the museum pilot.

NRM Shildon: Interesting juxtaposition of exhibits in the main hall at Shildon on 23 November 2010. At first glance APT-E would appear to be studying the entry qualification details for the Rainhill Trials with interest... although presumably hasn't yet got to the bit about bringing your own coal...

NRM Shildon: Former NER No 1 (BR class ES1 26500) in its new position within the main exhibition hall at NRM Shildon on 23 November 2010. See image [[28677]]

NRM Shildon: Class 600 diesel electric locomotive no 663 Annette is the resident pilot at Shildon and is seen here in the yard outside the main exhibition hall on 23 November 2010. Originally built for the Dutch State Railways by English Electric, it was withdrawn by NS in 2002. No 663 is one of several preserved members of the class.

Leyland: A pair of Class 50s from a previous Saturdays railtour head south through Leyland on 21 November 2011. In original railblue livery is 50044 leading 50049 in large logo livery. See image [[36479]]

Cambridge Tram Depot: In 35 years of riding down East Street in cars, I missed this little gem, just a half block back; near Adam and Eve street, would you believe. Although this pub claims to be The Old Tram Depot, the building was actually the stables for the tram horses. The tramway had the unusual track gauge of 4 feet, and was only open from 1880 to 1914 (no, I wasn't there!). The only surviving tram is displayed in the Ipswich Museum of Transport, but there is a curved piece of track set in cobbles at a Cambridge museum.

Crianlarich Shed: Track machine in the PW sidings alongside Crianlarich station on 23 November 2012.

Coppull: A southbound Pendolino passes the site of Coppull station on 23 November 2012. To the west of the once 4 track railway stands the Coppull Spinning Mill which has found new use as a series of retail and office units under the auspices of Lancashire Enterprises.

Coppull: Looking south over the summit on the WCML between Coppull and Standish on 23 November 2012. A Pendolino runs towards its next stop at Wigan as a northbound Voyager heads for Preston.

Nuneaton: Fare thee well in your travels, and may by fate we meet again... Sounds like the Shakespeare Express, but it's the 23.10 to Birmingham New Street. The dark void between platforms 5 and 6 includes the Southbound equivalent to the North chord. It's rumoured to be connected now, but still looks a bit rusty - even in daylight! Network Rail - reinstated Leicester-Birmingham flyover line

Coppull: An up 9-car Pendolino climbs towards the summit between Preston and Wigan at Coppull on 23 November 2012. Coppull station was situated approximately a quarter of a mile to the north.

Braids Tram Shelter: This is Braids Tram Shelter on Comiston Road, Edinburgh. The Shelter has been renovated to mark the 60th anniversary of the complete withdrawal of Edinburgh Corporation Trams in 1956.

Drem: Not a typical railway photo - spot the train. What a view after 132 steps up Garleton Monument near Haddington. North Berwick Law and Bass Rock evident, as well as a toy-town train some couple of miles east of Drem.

Brunna mines: The fences surrounding the mine openings in this iron-ore field consist of pieces of rail from the mine railway. Both the upright posts and the corner supports, some complete with fishplates, are recycled from materials left at the end of mining in the 1920s. This field is an extension of the Dannemora orefield (known as Öregrund iron) which supplied Scottish iron works, notably Cramond, in the early industrial period before the native Blackband and Clayband ironstones began to be extracted along with adjacent coal seams.

Newbattle Viaduct: The 1054 Edinburgh - Tweedbank illuminated by the Autumn sun as it crosses Newbattle Viaduct on 23 November 2017 midway between Eskbank and Newtongrange.

Tewkesbury Viaduct: One of the old railway bridges over the Avon at Tewkesbury survives, the other (out of shot to the right) has been replaced by a lattice structure carrying pipes. Passenger services finished in 1961 with complete closure three years later.

Cadder Yard: 365513 leads an Edinburgh to Glasgow 8 car service past Cadder Yard on 23 November 2018

Cadder Yard: Cadder Yard is a shadow of its former self. On 23 November 2018 a 4+3 car Class 385 EMU, on an Edinburgh to Glasgow service, passes the west end of the yard.

Bay Horse: Trains normally run through Bay Horse at their maximum speed but due to a signalling fault on 23rd November 2018 this Intermodal service was halted for a while. Freightliner 90049 and 90041 were slowly picking up speed when caught in the cutting at Forton.

Tondu Junction: The Tondu signalman collects the token from the driver of the 1016 Maesteg to Cardiff Central service on 23rd November 2018.

Inverkeithing: A CrossCountry Voyager calls at Inverkeithing on 23rd November 2018, with the 09.25 from Plymouth (which actually started from Totnes) to Aberdeen. The guard looks back ready to blow his whistle.

Newcastle Central: An interesting contrast of front end design at Newcastle Central on 23 November 2018. A Cross-Country HST pauses on an Edinburgh to Plymouth working, passing 67028 awaiting a call to arms on Thunderbird duty.

Sarn: Valley Pacer 142081 approaching Sarn with a Cardiff Central to Maesteg service on 23rd November 2018.

Maesteg: The driver of 158822 changing ends at Maesteg before departing with the return sevice to Cheltenham Spa on 23rd November 2018.

Bearsden: 334007 is the rear unit on a 6 car service heading away from the city as it departs from Bearsden on 23 November 2018.

Bearsden: Class 334s pass at Bearsden on 23 November 2018. On the left a 3 car set waits to head towards Westerton while on the right a 6 car set arrives heading to Hillfoot and Milngavie.

Tondu: A Pacer working from Maesteg to Cardiff pulls into the platform at Tondu on 23rd November 2018.

Maesteg: A plaque on the platform railings at Maesteg station commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Lynvi Valley Railway.

Garth (Mid Glamorgan): The 1115 Maesteg to Cheltenham Spa service departs Garth on 23rd November 2018.

Sarn: The 1120 Cardiff Central to Maesteg draws to a halt at Sarn on 23rd November 2018.